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	Gonzalez Elected Board Chairman of Chesapeake Employers		08/04/2017
	State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 315 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Chesapeake Employers’ board of directors has elected V. Rocky Gonzalez to be chairman, effective immediately. Gonzalez succeeds Charles Dankmeyer, who is now serving as a board member. In other officer changes announced this week, Leonard Schuler Jr. has been named vice chai...Read More

	GAO Report: Air Ambulance Rates Doubled From 2010-14		08/02/2017
	By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 511 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirms a trend that workers' compensation regulators have been pointing out for years: Air ambulance rates are rising significantly. ...Read More

	Governor Gets Bill That Would Eliminate Restriction on Compensability		07/21/2017
	State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 601 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Lawmakers have sent Gov. Gina Raimondo a bill that repeals a provision of law that would have limited compensable injuries in some cases to 65% and greater of functional impairment. ...Read More

	Governor Vetoes Bill to Cover Newspaper Carriers Under Workers' Comp		07/19/2017
	State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 320 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would have eliminated a long-standing law that allowed newspaper carriers to be classified as independent contractors instead of employees covered under workers’ compensation. ...Read More

	Governor Signs Medical Examiner Chaperone Bill		07/17/2017
	State: HI | Segment: WEST | 312 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Hawaii Gov. David Ige signed into law a bill that allows injured workers to bring chaperones to employer-requested medical examinations. Ige on July 10 signed SB 859, by Sen Gilbert S.C. Keith-Aga...Read More

	Governor Signs Weakened Employer Compliance Bill, Nurse Treatment Bill		07/14/2017
	By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
	State: HI | Segment: Top | 476 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Hawaii Gov. David Ige this week signed into law a bill that will allow advanced practice registered nurses to treat injured workers, and another measure that stiffens penalties against employers who don't provide workers' compensation coverage.  ...Read More

	Goldberg Segalla Hires Workers' Comp Defense Attorney in Albany Office		07/11/2017
	State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 323 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The business law firm Goldberg Segalla has hired Susan Biggins Owens as a workers' compensation defense attorney in its Albany office, the Albany Times-Union reported Sunday. ...Read More

	Governor Signs Bill Limiting Benefits, Compromise Settlements		07/07/2017
	State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 648 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Gov. Eric Greitens on Wednesday signed into law a workers’ compensation bill he said will improve the state’s business climate and rein in trial lawyers. ...Read More

	Governor Spikes Appropriation for Occupational Disease Study		07/05/2017
	State: WA | Segment: WEST | 323 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee rejected funding for a study of occupational disease claims the in the $43.7 billion budget he signed last week. ...Read More

	General Contractors Must Cover Subcontractors, Regardless of Exempt Status		07/03/2017
	State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 389 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled that Mississippi Section 71-3-7 requires general contractors to purchase workers' compensation coverage for the employees of subcontractors, even if the subcontractors are exempt from a requirement to hold workers' compensation coverage themselves.&n...Read More